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5.0 out of 5 starsReally does what it says
With quite a backlog of items to shred I was a bit apprehensive about if it would cope. By shredding up to 4 sheets at at time and only spending 2 or 3 minutes at a time it worked perfectly. Although it does say to do no more than 2 minutes at a time I found that with a few seconds break while gathering up the next few sheets to shred this time could easily extend out to...

1.0 out of 5 starsNot upto the job....!!!!!!!!!
Unfortunately this shredder is not upto the job if you have anything more than a few pieces of paper to shred. After 2 minutes of shredding the shredder automatically cuts out for 45 minutes to prevent overheating. Therefore to do approximately 10 minutes of shredding it would take nearly 4 hours.

With quite a backlog of items to shred I was a bit apprehensive about if it would cope. By shredding up to 4 sheets at at time and only spending 2 or 3 minutes at a time it worked perfectly. Although it does say to do no more than 2 minutes at a time I found that with a few seconds break while gathering up the next few sheets to shred this time could easily extend out to 5 minutes. It stopped working once due to excessive use - just left it for half an hour and it had reset itself.The instructions for clearing of bits of paper in the cutters worked fine.No hesitation in recommending this shredder for normal domestic use.

This is a great little shredder for personal use. Have been using it for the past year or so and never had any issues with it, shreds well enough up to 5 pages though personally I tend to shred 1 or 2 at a time in a continuous feed and easy to empty out when full. Everything you need from a shredder and has a little area to chew up old bank cards too, would recommend it.

Unfortunately this shredder is not upto the job if you have anything more than a few pieces of paper to shred. After 2 minutes of shredding the shredder automatically cuts out for 45 minutes to prevent overheating. Therefore to do approximately 10 minutes of shredding it would take nearly 4 hours.

This is not fit for purpose. We received this as a Christmas 2014 gift to replace my worn out Rexel shredder, and it's not a patch on it. 6 sheets? I can't get it to shred more than 2 letter-weight sheets reliably. It overheats in around 1 minute and stops working for an irritatingly long time. The cutters do not cross cut properly - it makes long strips which vary in length from about 60mm to 240mm - so if you feed paper at the wrong angle without thinking, you can read what was on the paperwork. Useless. The cut paper doesn't fall to the bottom of the tub, so it builds up and jams the shredder when only one-third to half full. You can see where it was trying to cross cut but it doesn't work, even if you shred just one sheet of light paper like plain inkjet/photocopier paper - it doesn't work with 4,3,2 or even 1 sheet. On 5 or 6 sheets it groans and wheezes, overheats, and cuts out for 30 minutes. I dont have the receipt, so Im sure I wont be able to send this back, so I am now stuck with a useless shredder which my daughter could have saved her money on. But she read the reviews on Amazon and thought she was doing the right thing buying this heap of junk. Bless her. I may use the tub as a windowsill vase, as it's too narrow to take shredded paper. I'll have to buy another Rexel in the January sales.